When you find yourself in some far off place,
And it causes you to rethink some things,
You start to sense that slowly you're becoming someone else,
And then you find yourself.

When you make new friends in a brand new town,
And you start to think about settlin' down,
The things that would have been lost on you are now clear as a bell,
And you find yourself, that's when you find yourself.

Where you go through life so sure of where you're headed,
And you wind up lost and it's the best thing that could have happened,
'Cause sometimes when you lose your way it's just as well,
Because you find yourself. yeah, that's when you find yourself.

When you meet the one that you've been waitin' for,
And she's everything that you want and more,
You look at her and you finally start to live for some one else,
And then you find yourself, that's when you find yourself.

We go through life so sure of where we're headed,
And we wind up lost and it's the best thing that could have happened,
'Cause sometimes when you lose your way it's really just as well,
Because you find yourself, yeah, that's when you find yourself...

Growing Up Is Not An Absence Of Dreaming,
Its Being Able To Understand The Difference Between,
The Ones You Can Hold,
And The Ones That You've Been Sold,
But Dreaming Is A Good Thing,
Cause It Brings New Things To Life,
But Pretending Is An Ending,
That Perpetuates A Lie,
Forgetting What You Are Seeing,
For What You've Been Told.
Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction,
And This Is My Chance To Get It Right,
Life Is Much Better Without All Of Those Pretty Lies,
So Goodbye Alice In Wonderland,
You Can Keep Your Yellow Brick Road,
Cause There Is A Difference Between Dreaming And Pretending

Mark My Words, This War Will Not Be Fought On The Frontier or On Some Distant Battlefield, But Amongst Us, Among Our Homes, our Children Will Learn Of It With Their Own Eyes. And The Innocent Will Die With The Rest Of Us.

For everyone that's helped pave my wayIf it weren't for you, I wouldn't be here today.
All my friends, the girls, the broken hearts
All the critics, cynics, and doubters y'all know who you are
Those looking down from up there

I didn't get here alone
That road's just too rough alone
I might be the one the spotlight's onBut I didn't get here alone
Yeah, I Know I didn't get here alone

You're coming up like a flower, You're coming up through the cracks that live 'round here, Everybody know we have no fear

We are the wind of change change coming, We take a stand where so many never go, We will shout it out to let you know, This is my generation

We want an answer to the questions, We want to knock down all the walls they built for you, We want to know the truth not be lied to

We want to know the face of freedom, We want to make a place where we can learn to love, Build a world that we can be proud of, This is my generation

Cause we just want to dance all night, Live inside the spark of life, This might be the only time around Cause we just want to dance all night, Live inside the spark of life, This might be the only time around

You're coming up like a flower, You're coming up through the cracks that live 'round here, Everybody knows we have no fear, This is our generation

Do not stand at my grave and weep,I am not there, I do not sleep.I am in a thousand winds that blow,I am the softly falling snow.I am the gentle showers of rain,I am the fields of ripening grain.I am in the morning hush,I am in the graceful rushOf beautiful birds in circling flight,I am the starshine of the night.I am in the flowers that bloom,I am in a quiet room.I am in the birds that sing,I am in each lovely thing.Do not stand at my grave bereftI am not there. I have not left.

We might be oil and water, this could be a big mistake,
We might burn like gasoline and fire,
It's a chance we'll have to take.

We may shine, we may shatter,
We may be picking up the pieces here on after,
We are fragile, we are human,
And we are shaped by the light we let through us,
We break fast, cause we are glass.
We are glass.

Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do.

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle."

The recent debate over copyright laws like SOPA in the United States and the ACTA agreement in Europe has been very emotional. And I think some dispassionate, quantitative reasoning could really bring a great deal to the debate. I'd therefore like to propose that we employ, we enlist, the cutting edge field of copyright math whenever we approach this subject. For instance, just recently the Motion Picture Association revealed that our economy loses $58 billion dollars a year to copyright theft. Now rather than just argue about this number, a copyright mathematician will analyze it and he'll soon discover that this money could stretch from this auditorium all the way across Ocean Boulevard to the Westin, and then to Mars ... (Laughter) ... if we use pennies.

Now this is obviously a powerful, some might say dangerously powerful, insight. But it's also a morally important one. Because this isn't just the hypothetical retail value of some pirated movies that we're talking about, but this is actual economic losses. This is the equivalent to the entire American corn crop failing along with all of our fruit crops, as well as wheat, tobacco, rice, sorghum -- whatever sorghum is -- losing sorghum. But identifying the actual losses to the economy is almost impossible to do unless we use copyright math. Now music revenues are down by about eight billion dollars a year since Napster first came on the scene. So that's a chunk of what we're looking for. But total movie revenues across theaters, home video and pay-per-view are up. And TV, satellite and cable revenues are way up. Other content markets like book publishing and radio are also up. So this small missing chunk here is puzzling.

Since the Big content markets have grown in-line with historic norms, it's not additional growth that piracy has prevented. But Copyright Math tells us it must therefore be foregone growth in a market that has no historic norms. One that did not exist in the 90's. What we're looking at here is the insidious cost of Ring tone Piracy. $50 Billion of it a year. That's enough at 30 seconds a ringtone to stretch from here to neanderthal times. It's true, I have Excel.

Now this is a key number in the Copyright Mathematicians Toolkit. It's the precise amount of harm that comes to media companies whenever a single copyrighted song or movie gets pirated. Hollywood and the Congress derived this number 'Mathematically', back when they last sat down to improve copyright damages and made this law. ($150,000)

Some people think this number is a little large. But Copyright Mathematicians who are Media lobby experts are merely surprised that it doesn't get compounded for inflation every year. Now when this law first past, the world's hottest MP3 Player could hold just 10 songs. It was a big Christmas Hit. Because what little hoodlum wouldn't want a million and half bucks worth of stolen goods in his pocket. Today the iPod Classic can hold 40,000 songs, which is to say $8 Billion worth of stolen media, or 75,000 jobs.

Now, you might find Copyright Math strange, but that's because it's a field that's best left to experts. So, that's it for now. I hope you join me next time when I will be making an equally scientific and fact-based inquiry into cost of Alien music piracy to the American Economy.

You cannot connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect the dots looking backward. You have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in the future. You have to trust in something, your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road, will give you the confidence following your heart, even off the well worn path, and that will make all the difference.

Student: "Hi, my name is Jenny, I'm a sophomore, and this is for all three of you. Can you say in one sentence or less, you know what I mean. Why America is the greatest country in the world?"Sharon: "Diversity and opportunity"Louis: "Freedom and freedom"McAvoy: "The New York Jets!"

Moderator: "No, I'm going to hold you to an answer on that. What makes America the greatest country in the world?"

McAvoy: "Well, Louis and Sharon said it, Diversity and opportunity and Freedom and Freedom."

Moderator: "I'm not letting you go back to the airport without answering the question."

McAvoy: "Well, our constitution is a masterpiece, James Madison was a genius. The Declaration of Independence is, for me, the greatest piece of American writing. (pause) You don't look satisfied."

Moderator: "One is a set of laws and the other is a declaration of war, I want a human moment from you. What about the people…"

McAvoy: "It's not the greatest country in the world Professor. That's my answer."Moderator: "You're Saying"McAvoy: "Yes."Moderator: "Let's talk about"McAvoy: "Fine, Sharon, the NEA is a loser, yeah it accounts for a penny out of our paycheck, but, he gets to hit you with it anytime he wants. It doesn't cost money. It costs votes, it costs air time and column inches. Do you know why people don't like liberals? Because they lose. If liberals are so fucking smart why do they lose so god damn always.

And with a straight face, you're going to tell students that America is so 'Star Spangled Awesome' that we're the only ones in the world who have freedom? Canada has freedom, Japan has freedom. The UK, France, Italy, Germany, spain, Australia, Belgium has freedom. 207 sovereign states in the world and 180 of them have freedom.

And sorority girl, in case you accidentally wander into a voting booth one day, there's absolutely no information to support the statement that we're the greatest country in the world. We're 7th in literacy, 27th in Math, 22nd in Science, 49th in Life expectancy, 178th in infant mortality, 3rd in Median household income, number four in labor force, and number four in exports. We lead the world in only three categories. Number of incarcerated citizens per capita, number of adults who believe angels are real, and defense spending. Where we spend more than the next 26 countries combined, 25 of whom are allies.

Now, none of this is the fault of a 20-year-old college student. But you are none-the-less are without a doubt a member of the Worst.Generation.Ever. So when you ask what makes us the best country in the world, I don't know what the Fuck you're talking about. Yosemite?

Sure used to be. We stood up for what was right. We fought for moral reasons. We passed laws, struck down laws for moral reasons. We waged wars on poverty, not poor people. We sacrificed, we cared about our neighbors, we put our money where our mouths were. We never beat our chest. We built great big things, made ungodly technological advances, explored the universe, cured diseases, and we cultivated the world's greatest artists, and the world's greatest economy. We reached for the stars. Acted like men. We aspired to intelligence, we didn't belittle it. It didn't make us feel inferior. We didn't identify ourselves by who we voted for in the last election and we didn't scare so easy.

We were able to be all these things and do all these things because we were informed. By great men, by men who were revered. First step in solving any problem is recognizing that there is one. America is not the greatest country in the world anymore. Enough?"

Many of these adults of this influence are okay with believing that the world is 10,000 years old. If you adults want to do that, and carry this self-inconsistency, that's fine but keep it to yourself when it comes to your kids' school and science education. It is inappropriate to spend tax dollars intended for science education to teach that the world is 10,000 years old. It's just inappropriate. And I, as a tax payer, am not going to put up with that.

Geekdom is not a club; it's a destination, open to anyone who wants to put in the time and effort to travel there. And if someone lacks the opportunity to get there, we geeks should help in any way we can. Take a new friend to a meetup or convention. Donate your old games, movies, comics, and toys. Be welcoming. Sharing your enthusiasm is part of being a geek.

Anyone trying to purposely erect border fences or demanding to see ID upon entry to the land of Geekdom is missing the point. They have no power over you. Ignore them and dive headfirst into the things that interest you. Soak up every experience. Lose yourself in the pursuit of knowledge. When you finally come up for air, you'll find that the long road to geekdom no longer stretches out before you. No one can deny you entry. You're already home.

I took myself down to the cafe to find all the boys lost in books and crackling vinylAnd carved out a poem above the urinal that readDon't you cry for the lostSmile for the livingGet what you need and give what you're givenLife's for the living so live itOr you're better off dead

What is it with people from Chicago that they're so happy to have been born there? I meet so many people who can't wait to tell me they?re from Chicago, and when I meet them they're living anywhere but Chicago.

All things end. They rarely end like we would like them to, and often do before we are ready. We transition in a way that gives our loss honor. We grieve with a true appreciation of what we have no longer.

The iPhone is the thing that you always want with you on the go because you can put stuff in and take it out as needed. But, the Mac is where you can just do a ton of stuff very quickly. And the iPad kinda sits in between for notification and reporting but it's doesn't seem to be either end of that solution

"There's probably something I should explain to you before you plan any more double dates""Okay. What?""You have to swear to never tell papa and mama""I swear. What's the big secret?""I don't like girls""A pain in the ass, I agree, but what are you going to do?""I mean, I don't like to hug and kiss them""What, don't be stupid.""We're all made differently Woody""Yeah, but you have to be some kind of pansy""Yeah""Yeah, what?""Yes, I'm some kind of pansy""You've got to be kidding""I'm not kidding Woody, I'm dead serious""You're queer?""That's exactly what I am. I didn't choose to be"..."Chuck, this is disgusting""No, it's not. It's the way some guys are made, Especially in the Navy""There are pansies in the Navy?""Yeah, more than you'd think, a lot"..."This is weird. C'mon, let's go home"..."Remember, not a word to anyone, especially the parents. God knows what papa would say""Well what the hell, at least you're not a republican"

I learned how to write it when I first started school,Some bully didn't like it, he said it didn't sound to cool,So I had to hit him and all I said when the blood came,It's my last name

Grandpa took off to Europe to fight the Germans in the war,It came back on some dogtags nobody wears no more,It's written on a headstone in the field where he was slain,It's my last name

Passed down from generations too far back to trace,I can see all my relations when I look into my face,May never make it famous but I'll never bring it shame,It's my last name

Daddy always told me far back as I recall,Son, your part of somethin', you represent us all,So keep it how you got it , as solid as it came,It's my last name

Passed down from generations too far back to trace,I can see all my relations when I look into my face,May never make it famous but I'll never bring it shame,It's my last name

So darlin' if you're wonderin' why I've got you here tonight,I wanna be your husband, I want you to be my wife,I ain't got much to give you but what I've got means everything,It's my last name, oh, it's my last name

And all I seemed to find is that everything has chains.And all this life just feels like a series of dreams.Selected poems and lovers I can't begin to name.And all in all I find that nothing stays the same.

There is a reason you separate the military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state while the other serves and protects people. When the military becomes both then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.

We were Jesus save me, blue jean baby
Born in the USA
Trailer park truck stop, faded little map dots
New York to LA
We were teenage dreamin', front seat leanin'
Baby, come give me a kiss
Put me on the cover of the Rolling Stone
Uptown down home American kids
Growin' up in little pink houses
Makin' out on living room couches
Blowin' that smoke on Saturday night
A little messed up, but we're all alright

When you grow up you tend to get told the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have a nice family life, have fun, save a little money.That's a very limited life. Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact, and that is - everything around you that you call life, was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use.The minute that you understand that you can poke life and actually something will, you know if you push in, something will pop out the other side, that you can change it, you can mold it. That's maybe the most important thing. It's to shake off this erroneous notion that life is there and you're just gonna live in it, versus embrace it, change it, improve it, make your mark upon it.I think that's very important and however you learn that, once you learn it, you'll want to change life and make it better, cause it?s kind of messed up, in a lot of ways. Once you learn that, you'll never be the same again

I was trying to take a part of me and make it go away. And I closed my world off. I put myself in a little box. For a while everything seemed clear. But then you came along and that didn't help anything.

Well, we wish we were happier, thinner and fitter,We wish we weren't losers and liars and quittersWe want something more not just nasty and bitterWe want something real not just hash tags and Twitter

It's the meaning of life and it's streamed live on YouTubeBut I bet Gangnam Style will still get more viewsWe're scared of drowning, flying and shootersBut we're all slowly dying in front of fucking computers

We're all hoping, we're all hopelessWe're all thorns and we're all rosesWe're all looking down our noses at ourselvesWe're all flawed and we're all perfectWe're all lost and we're all hurtingAnd just searching for somebody to love

We're all liars, we're all legendsWe're all tens, that want elevensWe're all trying to get to heaven, but not todayWe're all happy, we're all hatin'We're all patiently impatientAnd just waiting for somebody to love

We're all good, but we ain't angelsWe all sin, but we ain't devilsWe're all pots and we're all kettlesBut we can't see it in ourselvesWe're all livin' 'til we're dyingWe ain't cool, but man, we're tryingJust thinking we'll be fixed by someone else

We all wrangle with religionWe all talk, but we don't listenWe're all starving for attention then we'll runWe're all paper, we're all scissorsWe're all fightin' with our mirrorsScared we'll never find somebody to love

We're all good, but we ain't angelsWe all sin, but we ain't devilsWe're all pots and we're all kettlesBut we can't see it in ourselvesWe're all livin' 'til we're dyingWe ain't cool, but man, we're tryingThinking we'll be fixed by someone else

Just tryin' to hold it all togetherWe all wish our best was betterJust hopin' that forever's really realWe'll miss a dime to grab a nickelOvercomplicate the simpleWe're all little kids just looking for loveYeah, don't we all just want somebody to love?

You can't get through life, which is this, shit, this fragile enterprise without being damaged...Everybody's fucked up. Some of us are just in on the joke. And when you don't want to see this in yourself, you see it in others